“Sometimes the world gives people everything… except inner peace” — M. Ayaan Rabbani Copy Share Image
I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read. — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
“A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
“I uttered the wisest thing that you must say to an angry woman - “I’m sorry.” — Mita Jain Copy Share Image
“People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
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“My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger" -… — Sherry Marie Gallagher Copy Share Image
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“She might have been there for you in the aftermath, but I was there when everything came crashing down.” — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“Tomorrow. Although she knew better than to trust the word, hope like habit was difficult to break.” — JoDee Neathery Copy Share Image
“If a woman chooses to support her husband and become First Lady, I believe she must do so with the understanding that… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
Most contemporary fiction sucks. It's intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It's cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it's also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Taking inspiration from her own experiences as a wife, mother, principal and teacher, Ellick creates a realistic and thought-provoking modern scenario for… — Bainbridge Island Review Copy Share Image
Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called 'the human heart in conflict with itself'.… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
“When death becomes an escape, when it becomes attractive, the purpose of life is fulfilled. To teach one it's futility, it's worthlessness,… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“I'm going to turn my life around. Make a complete three sixty." "Don't you mean one eighty?" he corrected. "If you do… — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“Vomit began to spill out of me like pea soup, splattering the road with champagne and caviar, long island iced teas, of… — Keira D. Skye Copy Share Image
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Here is one of the fundamental defects of American fiction--perhaps the one character that sets it off sharply from all other known… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“In the nights though, I couldn't help but weave the golden cloth of my dreams. Each stitch from heart to thought, and… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“Quick, somebody call the caretaker!’ Gemma’s stage voice rang out loud and clear. ‘There’s some trash here that needs to be taken… — Aurelia B. Rowl Copy Share Image
Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. Playful and inventive, SCHRODER movingly depicts the… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
“According to catalog copy for a forthcoming book from the University of Iowa Press, Reading as Therapy: What Contemporary Fiction Does for… — Timothy Aubry Copy Share Image
“Are you really a reporter?” asked Brown. “You already asked me that. Come back to Levita, take the pardon.” “I doubt I’ll live… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
“It was a generation growing in its disillusionment about the deepening recession and the backroom handshakes and greedy deals for private little… — Daniel Amory Copy Share Image
“Which is probably one of the reasons those of us who love contemporary fiction love it as we do. We’re alone with… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“I’m really enjoying my solitude after feeling trapped by my family, friends and boyfriend. Just then I feel like making a resolution.… — Anjali Kirpalani Copy Share Image
“She felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
“Shortly before school started, I moved into a studio apartment on a quiet street near the bustle of the downtown in one… — Daniel Amory Copy Share Image
“She had been lying there, facedown in the water long before the tide had turned at 3.04 that morning. Her eyes were… — A.J. Waines Copy Share Image
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